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What's The Greatest Web Software Ever?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lynx-versus-links dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What's The Greatest Web Software Ever Written?, Charlie Babcock of InformationWeek asks, in his follow up to last year's widely read list of greatest software period. The winner then was BSD 4.3. The new Top 12 list is a little funky in that it doesn't distinguish between apps, sites, and controls — XMLHttpRequest object set — is one of the winners. It includes many of the usual suspects, like Digg and AIM, along with some unexpected winners. (like World of Warcraft) The number one choice however, Apache server, is arguably correct."

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  1. Ever ever? by Zapotek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, if you take "ever" literally... the greatest software ever hasn't been written yet.. :)

  2. Is this guy a "real" journalist? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or just another blogger? Besides the fact that it's nearly impossible to read his article, and the fact that it lumps dissimilar items together on a top-# list, his omissions make this a waste of time. Top "web software" and no NCSA Mosaic or Netscape Navigator (1.0)? Also, I thought the WELL was a BBS/Shell account provider?

  3. Re:My List by FooAtWFU · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Flash, I'll grant, begrudgingly (ack), but.... Flash *AND* Shockwave? And both of them on top of CSS? What are you smoking? Aside from the fact that it's not really a Piece of Software (and if it's there, why isn't HTML on your list, btw?)... as long as it's there, it ought to easily outrank both.

    Pass the Macromedia^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Adobe kool-aid, wouldya?

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  4. Re:My List by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    3 - Netscape 1.0 - The idea of a GUI browser is fundamental to how we experience the web today.

    So why Netscape 1.0? Why not either Mosaic (earlier) or Firefox (better)?
  5. Google Maps gets my vote by SCHecklerX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's the most useful page I ever use. I can use it to plan bike trips, drives to friends houses or bars, bike races, etc. I also use it for looking up businesses in the area, and for phone number lookups. An example of 'web 2.0' being used as the best method to create the service.

  6. Digg, really? by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Personally I always found Digg to be *very* OK, nothing special, mainly shovelware stories. Perhaps it's because I discovered it around September 2006.

    Unfortunately, after the whole HD-DVD key revolt, I decided Digg was just far too childish to bother with anymore. Sure, at one point Digg was probably very good, but after 1st May 2007, it died (for me anyway).

    As with every piece of software, it'd be perfect if it wasn't for the users.

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  7. Napster, Baby, Napster! by theodp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No Napster = No DSL/Cable, No YouTube, No ...